… Series of schematics depicting the morphological events during metanephric kidney
development. The Wolffian duct (W) elongates posteriorly and encounters the metanephric …

… ) and metanephric mesenchyme (MM). Signals from the MM initiate kidney development by
… Oddskipped related 1 is required for development of the metanephric kidney and regulates …

… role during kidney development. Our findings indicate that Gdf11 may direct the initiation
of metanephric kidney development by controlling the expression of Gdnf in the metanephric …

… Development of the metanephric kidney is preceded by the formation of a mesonephric kidney.
In … To address the role of Wnt-4, we analysed kidney development in mutant embryos. As …

… kidney types (pronephros, mesonephros, and metanephros) arise during mouse … kidney
types (pronephros, mesonephros, and metanephros) arise during mouse development with a …

… from bcl-2 (- /-) embryos was impaired compared with that of metanephroi from bcl-2 (+/-) …
of kidney development, probably by inhibiting apoptosis in the metanephros. It is likely that …

… The candidate gene approach has greatly enriched our understanding of mechanisms
governing the formation of the metanephric kidney. One difficulty in studying the formation of the …

… The data presented in this study point to the power of combining in vitro models of kidney
development with high-density DNA arrays to identify the genes involved in the morphogenetic …

… But these observations are made in culture, and doubtless in a kidney developing in vivo,
development would be inhibited in any areas seriously short of nutrients and oxygen, so that …

… to the posterior, metanephric level. When … metanephric program of development. Anterior
Hoxd11 + cells activate Six2, a transcription factor required for the maintenance of metanephric …